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(they them) (adult) sexy people have shit knees. known dyspraxic

[abandonedandurbex]

Mossy phone booth. Hoh Rainforest, Olympic Peninsula, Washington State. [1024 × 683].

[spin-the-wheel-polls]

you were almost turned into a vampire, but before you could be fully turned, the vampire was staked. This left you with a vampire weakness, while still being human.

Spin the wheel to find out your weakness!

How much does this effect you?

Nothing changes

It's inconvenient but I can deal with jty

It will be hard to adjust but I'll figure it out

I don't know if I'll be able to live like this

Maybe I can find another vampire to finish the turning?

I might just kill myself

Results/other

Remaining time: 5 days 22 hours

thanks @theemmjay for submitting this poll idea!! Seriously it's such a cool concept I love it so much

[textpostscymraeg]

I've only read this language and did not hear it. I've been trying to say out the sentences (albit in the english way) and having a stroke, i have a question: Do i not need vowels in this language?

My friend, I have news for you: the Welsh language has two more vowels than the English alphabet!

A, E, I, O, U, W, Y! Seven vowels, baby!

Welsh is pronounced very differently to English, so I recommend looking up a phonetic guide such as this one to really get to grips with it. I'd also recommend seeking out some videos or audios so you get a real feel for how the language sounds - there's plenty of recommendations in my resources tag!

Lastly, a gentle suggestion: don't approach minority language speakers with negative assumptions about their language. 'Welsh has no vowels' and 'Welsh sounds funny' are incredibly common (and incredibly uninformed) takes that have been made against the language for centuries, to the point that Welsh is considered an acceptable punching bag in the mainstream simply because we're perceived as too 'little' to fight back.

(Source)

It's almost as if Welsh is an entirely separate language to English, stemming from a totally different language family and using its own unique pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary! Weird, that.

Sadly, this attitude is nothing new - here's what the British Government had to say about the language in 1847:

"The Welsh language is a vast drawback to Wales, and a manifold barrier to the moral progress and commercial prosperity of the people. It is not easy to over-estimate its evil effects."

Anyway, to answer your question: yes, you need vowels.

[textpostscymraeg]

#OP you were much kinder about this than I would have been

Trust me, the temptation to just post that first image and leave it there was truly there.

But! And this is probably deeply naive of me, but I like to think there's a genuine desire to learn here, and they just asked their question in one of the most irritating ways possible. But hey! I like to give people the benefit of the doubt and the chance to learn and grow. This often leaves me with egg on my face, but eh, I like egg.

If I'd received this ask a decade ago, I probably wouldn't have been quite as chill, mind:

[textpostscymraeg]

question, why do the letter d’s in this image look like that? is it just the font or is there something cool about them

Oho! So, this is Cymru Wales Sans, a custom typeface used by the Welsh Government for all tourism-related stuff, such as Visit Wales and Transport for Wales.

The fun-looking characters - mostly the digraphs, otherwise known as double letters - are based on old handwritten manuscripts, and also take inspiration from other languages.

Basically, they're by no means officially used in standard Welsh writing; it's just a fun nod to the Welsh of old, and helps really establish a sense of Welshness even when writing in English. So that's why I used it in that image!

However, I do take issue with some webpages using the typeface far too liberally in every piece of writing; it's not the most accessible of fonts (especially the stylised "ð" representing "d"), and it loses its impact when it's used outside of headers and simple signage. But I digress!

And yes, I just... happen to have a copy of the typeface. Let's not think about it too much.

[starving-little-orphan-boy]

woah, that’s cool. follow up question: in that example of the font, the Ll digraph only has an uppercase version, and the dd digraph only has a lowercase version. does Ll only ever appear at the start of words? does dd only ever appear in the middle/end?

[textpostscymraeg]

Well spotted! Yes, digraphs follow the same rules as any other letter - if it's in the middle or the end of the word, "Ll" becomes "ll", while "dd" only becomes "Dd" at the start of a sentence, or if it's a proper noun.

I imagine they just couldn't think of a fun stylistic way of representing the digraphs in all forms, or maybe the typeface was just starting to get a little bit too busy with all the stylised choices!

[textpostscymraeg]

question, why do the letter d’s in this image look like that? is it just the font or is there something cool about them

Oho! So, this is Cymru Wales Sans, a custom typeface used by the Welsh Government for all tourism-related stuff, such as Visit Wales and Transport for Wales.

The fun-looking characters - mostly the digraphs, otherwise known as double letters - are based on old handwritten manuscripts, and also take inspiration from other languages.

Basically, they're by no means officially used in standard Welsh writing; it's just a fun nod to the Welsh of old, and helps really establish a sense of Welshness even when writing in English. So that's why I used it in that image!

However, I do take issue with some webpages using the typeface far too liberally in every piece of writing; it's not the most accessible of fonts (especially the stylised "ð" representing "d"), and it loses its impact when it's used outside of headers and simple signage. But I digress!

And yes, I just... happen to have a copy of the typeface. Let's not think about it too much.

[starving-little-orphan-boy]

woah, that’s cool. follow up question: in that example of the font, the Ll digraph only has an uppercase version, and the dd digraph only has a lowercase version. does Ll only ever appear at the start of words? does dd only ever appear in the middle/end?

[textpostscymraeg]

Well spotted! Yes, digraphs follow the same rules as any other letter - if it's in the middle or the end of the word, "Ll" becomes "ll", while "dd" only becomes "Dd" at the start of a sentence, or if it's a proper noun.

I imagine they just couldn't think of a fun stylistic way of representing the digraphs in all forms, or maybe the typeface was just starting to get a little bit too busy with all the stylised choices!

[schlorb]

The MrBeastification of Schlorb

[schlorb]

100 likes and I change my name to Schoenberg

[schlorb]

fuck shit i set the bar too lowwww

[schlorb]

if you like this post im going to schoenberg the kill you

[schlorb]

YIKES

[schlorb]

chat do i actually do it i feel obligated

[homophobla]

yeah u have 2 do it now

[testure-1988]

[just-wobert]

ragebaiter 4 ragebaiter relationships are so pure

[captain-price-returns]

Every day this guy looks in the mirror and psyches himself up to eat shit in the hopes that our big beautiful president succumbs to his one thousand diseases but I don't think it's in the cards

[cipheramnesia]

Every time I see a picture of JD Vance he looks like he's straining all the might of his psychic powers to make his beard grow.

[parkchanwoohoo]

[byjove]

I hate Joe Exotic but this exchange reset my brain

[byjove]

suspicious…

[byjove]

there are apparently a lot of mushrooms that are poisonous to some people and edible for others. unlike food allergies, it’s not an allergic immune reaction, it’s mushroom poisoning but only for some people

[byjove]

edibility is FAFO

[prokopetz]

Wrong: Ada Lovelace invented computer science and immediately tried to use it to cheat at gambling because she was Lord Byron's daughter.

Right: Ada Lovelace invented computer science and immediately tried to use it to cheat at gambling because that was the closest you could get in 1850 to being a Super Mario 64 speedrunner.

[bear-disguised-as-a-human]

This is how I found out that Ada Lovelace was Lord Byrons daughter

[prokopetz]

Well, yeah. That's why she received the unusual education which laid the foundation for her later discoveries in the first place. Her mother, Lady Byron, firmly believed three things:

It was her responsibility as a mother to ensure that Ada didn't turn out like her father;

Fundamentally, the thing that was wrong with Lord Byron is that he was a poet; and

The opposite of poetry is math.

Ada Lovelace's biography handily illustrates how well this theory worked out in practice.

[arqueete]

Hark, a vagrant: 298

[t-rexseesyoursins]

Still never gonna be over the fact that it took Maes Hughes one night to figure out the truth about Amestris when it took the rest of the cast half the series

[castronomicalmistakes]

these tags lmfao

[thefakehedgehogaroundhere]

this got like a thousand views on tiktok and i based the joke off a moment in the @joy-crimes stream so i think yall will like it maybe

[ilonano]

Visit Original Link

[thefakehedgehogaroundhere]

WHY IS THIS TUNED SO WELL OH MY FUCKING GOD

[tarragonthedragon]

i just got the "see where your blood has gone!" email from giving blood but it glitched and just showed me my current location. which. theyre not wrong. that is where most of my blood is

[everythingfox]

:)

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[marxm-03]

Wow I wish there was something to cheer me up but also unsettle me just a little bit

The Undulating Cube of Plumpness and Joy:

[likesplatterpaint]

We find it necessary for my mental stability to keep five species of undulating cubes on hand at all times in various rooms of the house for Looking at.

Do recommend.